The two methods to extract the SMART log from an Express Flash PCIe SSD are through Open Manage Server Administrator (OMSA) and through the UEFI/HII browser. When using OMSA to extract the SMART log, OMSA does not correctly populate the attribute text strings for each of the fields in the log. Each attribute has an attribute value and these will be correct. The SMART log values will also all be correct.

Another method of retrieving the SMART log is via Human Interface Infrastructure (HII). This log will have all the correct values and names for the values in the appropriate format.

Here is a sample log for reference:

Drive ID: 0

ID

Attribute Name

Attribute Data

9

Power On Hours Count

309

Hours

12

Power Cycle Count

10

Power Cycles

170

New Failing Block Count

0

Bad Blocks

181

Program Fail Count

0

Program Failures

182

Erase Fail Count

0

Erase Failures

174

Unexpected Power Loss Count

2

Unexpected Power Loss events

195

Reported Uncorrectable Hours

0

ECC Correction Failures

188

Command Timeouts

0

Outstanding Commands ince Last Reset

0

Outstanding Commands over Life

194

Enclosure Temperature

53

Current Temperature in C

66

Highest Temperature over Life

100

Min Temperature in C

115

Max Temperature in C

204

Percentage Lifetime Used

0

% Lifetime Used

234

Available Reserved Space

179722

Spare Blocks

241

Power On Minutes

18540

Minutes

242

Write Protect Progress

0

% towards write protect (100% = Write Protect Mode

Use the above two methods for retrieving the SMART logs on Express Flash PCIe SSD.

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